Goodbye Skoda

[Ozsko]

I bought a new Tiguan today, delivery early next year, so my Superb driving days are numbered. It has done a great job as a tow car pulling the kart trailer but the new Superb had too many disadvantages for me unfortunately so the decision was made to change. I now have to sell my car and the idea of Carsales.com is not very inviting I must say. I think I will put it on the side of the road with a for sale sign and see what happens. Anyone want to buy a 2009 Superb sedan, 135K on the clock.

[Mysticality]

What downsides did you find in the new model, vs the old one?
Sedan or wagon?
I'm very curious to hear your opinions!

[Ozsko]

Old age (mine) is the problem. My wife and I are in our late 60's and it was OK when we bought our present car but lately we find that the seats being so low present a problem getting in and out. I then looked at where we would be five to ten years down the track and decided we needed a car with higher seats. I was going to buy my son's GTI PP Golf initially until reality set in then looked at the new Superb which I do like and test drove. There are so many good cars around but the latest Tiguan is technology central and I love gadgets especially the TFT glass instrument cluster. My present car has been just superb (pun intended) and what I can't get over is such a good car is worth basically nothing on the used market.

I think my ideal car would be an upmarket Yeti with a Golf R motor in it and all the toys. A more compact car than the Tiguan, would go like the proverbial off a shovel and just be a nice car to drive. Sadly it is never going to happen.

[Creampuff]

Love the Tiguan, enjoy!

[skodian]

I bought a new Tiguan today, delivery early next year, so my Superb driving days are numbered. It has done a great job as a tow car pulling the kart trailer but the new Superb had too many disadvantages for me unfortunately so the decision was made to change. I now have to sell my car and the idea of Carsales.com is not very inviting I must say. I think I will put it on the side of the road with a for sale sign and see what happens. Anyone want to buy a 2009 Superb sedan, 135K on the clock.

Congrats ! On your new purchase. I was considering both the wagons Skoda 206TSI(fully loaded) and Passat 206 TSI with trading-in my 125tdi wagon 6 weeks ago.

Due to limited MY16 stock on Skoda 206TSI which is running on 1.8% finance with FGV and 2 extended warranty campaign which I have no choice but ended up choosing an Audi A4 Avant Quatttro with 2% finance and FGV.

The Passat is out of the equation as they explained its a brand new model (MY17) and not interested in trade in my car
given Audi and Passat is less than 10% price difference after negotiation plus I got a good trade-in.

One thing I found straight away that Audi is not as practical as a Skoda or VW with less shopping hooks and many more.

After losing my handy magnetic torch, I also found Audi does not even have the windows/sun roof auto-close feature when parked in the rain as both Skoda and VW have them (as long as they rain sensor/auto wiper).
My Mrs did forget to close the windows at one time and flooded my old WRX since we always parked our car on the street .

My car has been sold by the dealers(wholesalers) within in 10 days must be good value which is listed just 4k more than my trade in price.

[Ozsko]

I looked at an Audi a couple of years ago and while speaking to the sales lady the Skoda features were being compared and she thought the Skoda was a better thing. What is FGV?

[Mysticality]

FGV -> GFV = Guaranteed Future Value. Basically a buy-back sort of scheme.

[skodian]

I looked at an Audi a couple of years ago and while speaking to the sales lady the Skoda features were being compared and she thought the Skoda was a better thing. What is FGV?

Given the trade-in experience with Audi and Skoda , I would recommend GFV/FGV option.
However, you will need to have a finance deal with VW (Audi/Skoda) Financial services like a loan.

Otherwise I would have a Novated leased SUVs since they are very popular which beloved by the families in the 2nd hand market (lower depreciation).